[Twotone]

Mark Steyn court case alert...

[lavaroise]

Mann should be prosecuted worse than Maddof.

[wildbill]

Mann is truly on the horns of a dilemma. If he refuses to reveal his data and methodology then his theory on climate warming becomes suspect.

If he reveals it—and competent scientists can prove the data and methodology are flawed—then the original source of the climate warming argument that it is human intervention that causes warming is destroyed.

[ArtDodger]

Third option: Mann is taken for a visit to Marcy Park.

[USS Alaska]

Mann is a total idiot and really foolish to tangle with the real man, Mark Steyn.

Mann is a bully and thought he could scare Steyn away with threats of a law suit, but much like Br'er Rabbit, Steyn kept pleading not to be thrown into the briar patch. oooppppssss.

The hockey stick is about to become Mann's butt plug {but I repeat the facts}.

[dennisw]

Steyn is going to do his own lawyering in court. Meaning he will verbally decimate Mann when he gets him on the witness stand. There will no mercy because Mann has cost Mark so much money and time.

**** I am trusting Mark Steyn has a lawyer working for him behind the scenes

[Liberty Valance]

bttt

[GAFreedom]

Backfiring spectacularly? I have to say the opposite. Steyn has sunk his case by going Pro Se. He's now been anti-SLAPPed and he's filing weird pseudolegal stuff. A pro se litigant has a fool for a client.
I think it's best summed up by Ken White over at Popehat, though. He's the free speech expert, and he lays it out well:

1) Mark Steyn Has A Fool For A Client
2) Michael Mann Files Anti-SLAPP Motion Against Mark Steyn's Counterclaims

If he refuses to reveal his data and methodology then his theory on climate warming becomes suspect.

Problem is, all of his data AND his methodology has been publicly available for years. You have to download the raw data and apply his formulas yourself, but that satisfies the scientific definition of "released".

He has a third option - drop the lawsuit. That’s probably what will happen. Hopefully Steyn can recover his legal fees in that event.

Nope. See my second link that I just posted - Mann's double-downed on it.

I am trusting Mark Steyn has a lawyer working for him behind the scenes

He does not. He's gone total pro se. And Steyn is refusing any and all offers of assistance so far.

Another option is that he could be proven correct after a peer review...

I do not agree with Mann's conclusions, but his work HAS been independently verified by other climatologists. So either those other climatologists are in on a big conspiracy, or his work is up to snuff. I make no claim to either, myself.

[abclily]

OK!! Everybody pay attention!

Lesson for today:

1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.

2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.

3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.

4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.

5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.

Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?

[HotHunt]